ASPIRING KINDNESS FOUNDATION
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2017 · Form 990EZ · revenue $25K · expenses $26K · assets $64K
- EIN
- 27-1762944
- Address
- PO BOX 6624, BRIDGEWATER, NJ 08807-0624
- Website
- www.aspiringkindness.org
- NTEE code
- P12
- Exempt type
- 501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
- Ruling date
- April 2010 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
- IRS status
- Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
- Tax-deductible donations
- Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
- Foundation status
- Public charity, 509(a)(2)
- Principal officer
- Jason Tarantino (its 2025 Form 990-N)
- Form 990-N e-postcards
- 1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
Support public emergency service providers/responders
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
None of the 4 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Tarantino | President | 2017 | 10 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Michael Merizio | Vice President | 2017 | 5 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Sean Magee | Tresurer | 2017 | 5 | $0 reported | 1 |
| James Merizio | Secretary | 2017 | 5 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2017 · 4 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Tarantino | President | 10 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Michael Merizio | Vice President | 5 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Sean Magee | Tresurer | 5 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| James Merizio | Secretary | 5 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $25,260 | $25,681 | $63,858 | $63,858 | $25,260 | $0 | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $17,500 in all, tax years 2021 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2021, 2024 | 2 | $17,500 | 2024 | $7,500 | show |
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2017 · Form 990EZ · $25,681 spent · pay $0 · grants $24,000 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants and similar amounts paid | $24,000 | 93.5% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $1,186 | 4.6% | |
| Fees to independent contractors | $495 | 1.9% | |
| Total | $25,681 | 100% |
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